Principal Engineer - Electrical

Job Title: Principal Engineer - Electrical

Location: Maine Augusta

Salary: The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from $111,000 to $139431

Job Summary

The engineer will lead teams/projects that solve unique and complex

problems with a broad impact on the business. These efforts will

contribute to the development of Departmental or Divisional strategy and

implementation. Participates and represents UI on industry associations.

Mentor's other employees.

Has developed depth and breadth of expertise in distributed generation

and broad knowledge of other disciplines. Maintains knowledge of

leading-edge techniques or technology through participation in

professional associations. Recognized as an expert in own area within

the organization and industry.

Able to explain complex ideas, anticipates potential objections and

persuades others to change. Able to communicate orally or in writing to

regulatory and/or public entities. Leads teams, acts as a facilitator

and experienced mentor.

And influence others to change. Able to communicate orally or in writing

to regulatory and/or public entities. Able to lead a Team or mentor

others.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and perform special projects and studies
  
  

that innovatively solve unique & complex problems with broad impact to

the business. Develop alternate methods or design concepts to resolve

unique problems or to improve processes/services.

• Solves unique and complex Distributed Generation (DG)
  
  

Interconnection problems. Utilizes a broad perspective to identify

innovative solutions. (e.g., Customer generators, photovoltaic systems,

fuel cells).

• Approve, maintain, & understand drawings (e.g., schematics, one-
  
  

Line Diagrams). Assemble Documents & Other Requirements For Assignments

of complex level of difficulty using depth & breadth of expertise in own

discipline.

• Recognized expert for generator interconnections. Interpret
  
  

internal/external business issues and recommend best practices and/or

process improvements. Participate in Industry associations.

• Lead teams and acts as a facilitator and experienced mentor.
  
  

Develops innovative services, technologies, & make recommendations with

respect to current and future stakeholders needs. May be required to

make presentations to regulatory/public entities.

• Facilitate DG Interconnection project teams to complete assigned
  
  

tasks and projects. Experienced mentor to engineers for DG

interconnections in design and engineering development. Manages and

provides direction for resources outside of the department.

• Design systems to resolve overly complex problems in non-standard
  
  

situations & develop creative solutions that achieve division results.

Independently apply design standards, industry codes, design criteria,

guidelines & UI polices/procedures.

• Has depth and breadth of knowledge and interprets processes and
  
  

standards related to DG. Recommends solutions and best practices where

appropriate. Represents Engineering on projects, task forces and

studies.

• Develop business cases and manage divisional and company-wide
  
  

projects/processes/initiatives. Participates in the development of the

project/process strategy, in addition to project execution.

• Forecast, plan, schedule, monitor, control budget/estimates,
  
  

construction plans. Participate in the management of resource

allocations to ensure adequate resources are available.

• Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers
• Provide technical leadership in most complex projects that have a
  
  

wide impact on the business

• Mentor, develop and support team in technical skills SME for team
• Liaison/ direct contractors on company policy, standards, and
  
  

best practices

• Work independently with little supervision
  
  

Principal Engineer

Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers.

Provide technical leadership in most complex projects that have a wide

impact on the business

Mentor, develop and support team in technical skills

SME for team

Liaison/ direct contractors on company policy, standards, and best

practices

Work independently with little supervision

Behavioral Competencies

• Develop self & others
• Empower to grow
• Collaborate and share
• Be a role model
• Focus to achieve results
• Be agile
  
  

Skills And Requirements

Technical Skills/Competencies

• Theoretical Engineering knowledge - Planning, Operations and
  
  

Engineering Design, Analytic, modeling & Calculation, understanding the

business model; Global View of the Business (Values cross-functional

collaboration, understands importance of growing knowledge and

developing relationships and links across the organization)

• Expert
• Practical engineering experience/application - Planning,
  
  

Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g., field

experience, standardization "Perform economic analyses of engineering

alternatives, develop business cases and defend in front of

stakeholders.")

• Expert
• Engineering documentation – Ability to adequately document and
  
  

interpret engineering documentation

• Expert
• Ability to review and approve engineering work done by others -
  
  

to ensure compliance with company standards, specifications, and

contract requirements

• Expert
• Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment – Local, State
  
  

and Federal Regulatory Standards and requirements

• Expert
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• General Skills:
• Excellent diagnostic and problem-solving skills to decipher
  
  

unique technical and analytical problems,

• Proven ability to lead and manage projects,
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to articulate
  
  

highly technical concepts,

• Strong management and leadership skills, ability to drive change
  
  

and adoption of new technologies.

• Knowledge of the regulatory environment including relevant output
  
  

and incentive mechanisms.

• General contract, commercial and regulatory awareness with the
  
  

ability to balance effective and efficient customer service and project

delivery, ensuring maximum return on investment.

• Track record of effective stakeholder and customer service
  
  

engagement and management.

• Ability to communicate and present information effectively at all
  
  

levels

• Ability to manage competing priorities using sound engineering
  
  

and financial judgment to determine optimal solutions

• Awareness and understanding of key business drivers
• Ability to devise solutions to both common and complex
  
  

problems/challenges.

• Where appropriate, technical, and operational experience in a
  
  

relevant engineering role within a utility environment.

• Where required, knowledge of:
• -Construction and maintenance standards in accordance with
  
  

regulatory requirements - Engineering standards and specifications up to

345kV

• -Engineering standards and specifications up to 345kV
• Routine Technical Skills:
• Physical Substation Design - Expert
• Project Scoping and Estimating - Expert
• Equipment Specifications - Expert
• Construction and Outage Sequencing - Expert
• Industry Codes, Standards, and Regulations - Expert
• Technical Writing and Communication - Expert
• Unique Technical Skills:
• Substation Foundation Design – Expert
• Substation Layout - Expert
• Substation Equipment Specifications - Expert
• Structure Strength and load Analysis - Expert
• Substation Material Selection - Expert
• Substation Civil Specifications - Expert
  
  

Required Education, Experience And Training

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering required
• Master’s Degree Preferred
• 10 years minimum relevant experience
• Professional Engineering License Required
• A professional Engineering license from the State of Connecticut is preferred.
  
  

Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the

event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their

regular schedule/job duties.

Mobility Information

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within AVANGRD Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Renewables

Job Posting End Date

February-7-2025